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Natalie Stone
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2024 - Present
2026
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Natalie Stone is a judge for Division 7 of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal. She assumed office on May 14, 2024. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Stone won re-election for judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California outright in the primary on June 7, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Stone was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown (D) on July 16, 2015, to replace Judge Brian M. Hoffstadt, who was appointed to the California Second District Court of Appeal.[1]
Education
Stone received a bachelor's degree from Duke University, and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2015-2024: Judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County
- 2010-2015: Appellate judicial attorney, California Second District Court of Appeal
- 1999-2010: Associate, Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP
- 1998-1999: Law clerk, A. Wallace Tashima at the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Natalie Stone (Nonpartisan) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2016
California held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. There was a primary on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 31, 2016. A total of 351 seats were up for election. Incumbent Natalie Stone ran unopposed in the election for Office 86 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[2]
| Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, Office #86, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 Natalie Stone Incumbent | ||
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election
The 1,535 judges of the California Superior Courts compete in nonpartisan races in even-numbered years. If a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the June primary election, he or she is declared the winner; if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates is held during the November general election.[3][4][5][6]
If an incumbent judge is running unopposed in an election, his or her name does not appear on the ballot. The judge is automatically re-elected following the general election.[3]
The chief judge of any given superior court is selected by peer vote of the court's members. He or she serves in that capacity for one or two years, depending on the county.[3]
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have 10 years of experience as a law practitioner or as a judge of a court of record.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Natalie Stone did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
External links
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Officeholder California 2nd District Court of Appeal Division 7 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Imperial Valley News, "Governor Brown Appoints Eight to Los Angeles County Superior Court," July 16, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County, CA, "Candidate Filing Report," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: California," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Safeguarding California's judicial election process," August 21, 2011
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8203," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ California Elections Code, "Section 8140-8150," accessed May 21, 2014
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California
State courts:
California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts
State resources:
Courts in California • California judicial elections • Judicial selection in California
